Unit 1- Laying the groundwork (2 weeks, move through quickly)
Mostly Chapter 1
Variables and expressions 1-1
Order of operations cos 1-2
Open sentences 1-3
Identity/Equality Properties cos 1-4
Distributive Property cos 1-5
Commutative/Associative Property cos 1-6
Adding polynomials 8-5



Unit 2 Integers (3 weeks)
Mostly Chapter 2- use algebra tiles
Integer and fraction arithmetic 2-1,2-2,2-3,2-4
as well as simplifying basic expressions
Square Roots and Real Numbers cos 2-7
Significant figures


Equation Solving (3 weeks) concluding at the end of October
Mostly Chapter 3
Writing equations cos 3-1
Solving equations with addition/subtraction cos 3-2
Solving equations with multiplication/division cos 3-3
Solving two step equations cos 3-4
Solving equations with a variable on each side cos 3-5
Solving equations and formulas cos 3-8
Solve equations with measurement formulae
Solve equations in the context of line and angle relations
Solve an equation to find the missing number to obtain a certain mean

look at reward and frequant buyer programs
Slope Intercept(3 weeks) concluding at Thanksgiving Break
Mostly Chapter 5
Ask questions @ changes to a graph as slope or y intercept change/fit story problems into this framework m=change, b=start
Graphing linear equations by plotting points cos 4-5
Slope cos 5-1
Slope intercept form cos 5-3
Writing equations in slope intercept form 5-4
Linear Sequences (finding the nth term for a sequence) cos 4-7
Writing equations from patterns cos 4-8
Slope and direct variation cos 5-2
Parallel and perpendicular lines cos 5-6


Inequality Solving(3 weeks) concluding atChristmas Break
Mostly Chapter 6
Solving inequalities with addition/subtraction cos 6-1/6-2
Solving inequalities with multiplication/division cos 6-3/6-4
Solving equations with absolute values 6-5
Writing inequalities for problem situations

Ratios and proportions(3 weeks)
Chapters 3,11
Heavy on percents
Ratios and Proportions cos 3-6
Percent cos
Percent of change cos 3-7
Similar triangles cos 11-6
Trigonometric ratios cos 11-7
Expected Value cos
Percent of increase for grow animals
Function notation and exponential functions( 2 Weeks)
Chapter 4
Relations 4-3
Equations for relations 4-4
Functions 4-6
Examine graphs of linear, absolute value and exponential function families
Exponential functions 10-5
Growth and decay 10-6
Geometric sequences 10-7


Solving Systems (concluding at the end of Feb)
Chapter 7
Graphing systems of equations 7-1
Graphing inequalities 6-6
Graphing systems of inequalities 7-5
Solving systems by substitution 7-2
Solving systems by elimination 7-3
Solving system by linear combination 7-4
racetrack for modeling
Exponents
Chapter 8
Multiplying monomials 8-1
Dividing monomials 8-2
Scientific notation 8-3
Polynomials 8-4
Multiplying a polynomial by a monomial 8-6
Multiplying polynomials 8-7/8-8
Multiplying expressions 12-3


Representations

Most appropriate graph

Graph a story, domain range cos 1-8

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Circle Graphs cos 1-9


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Misleading graphs MOC cos 2-5


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Scatterplots cos 5-7


Histograms 13-3

Box-Whisker cos 13-5
Probability and Statistics (concluding at the end of April)
Probability and Statistics End of April
Mostly Chapter 14
Simple probability cos 2-6
Sampling and bias cos 13-1
Counting outcomes cos 14-1
Permutations/Combinations cos 14-2
Compound events cos 14-3
Probability Distributions cos 14-4
Probability simulations cos 14-5
Odds cos

Minute to win it project- make your own challenge or use others. try to put them in order of difficulty be likelihood of performing successfully.
Is my ipod shuffle really no repeat random.
I just heard 2 b-52's songs from my 5 star playlist in a row. What are the chances.
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6 star playlist

tpir probability
mtwi probability
rf lefties and righties
red blonde dark hair
jolly rancher chews.
a good problem- a student takes a math test with an 8th grade group and a reading test wiht a 7th grade group. Does it matter is he seperates his tickets or keep them together?




Factoring
Mostly Chapter 9
Factors and gcf 9-1
Factoring using distributive property 9-2
Factoring trinomials 9-3/9-4
Factoring differences of squares 9-5
Factoring perfect squares 9-6
Quadratics
Mostly Chapter 10
Graphing quadratic functions 10-1
Solving by graphing 10-2
Solving by completing the square 10-3
Quadratic formula 10-4
Inverse variation 12-1
Radicals
Mostly Chapter 11
Simplifying radical expressions 11-1
Operations with radical expressions 11-2
Radical equations 11-3
Pythagorean Theorem 11-4
Distance Formula 11-5
Cube roots
Algebra with rational expressions
Mostly Chapter 12
Rational expressions 12-2
Dividing rational expressions 12-4
Dividing polynomials 12-5
Adding rational expressions 12-6/12-7
Complex fractions 12-8
Solving rational expressions 12-9



Also to be covered prior to the OAA: Characteristics of polygons, nets, function families